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Originally Posted by jfrog
Do you think most people that only graduated high school with a C average (and no college) would be alot better off homeschooling their kids instead of public schooling them?
I'm not really looking to argue on this one cause I can see it either way. I'm just wondering your opinion.
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Well, I'm not sure. I think it can be very successful if they use their resources wisely. Obviously a C average in high school doesn't mean a person isn't intelligent or capable. Especially if they graduated from a public school--I've known people who made C's in high school who excelled in college. My husband is one of them--his parents didn't push him to excel in high school, so he didn't. However, in college, he was self-motivated and had a 4.0. So his high school diploma would be deceptive in illustrating his overall intelligence and academic capability.
Because there are so many advantages to homeschool
besides having a qualified teacher, I think in most cases with an interested, resourceful parent, it can still be a success.
Quite frankly, there's a difference between an "idiot" and a "C student", jfrog.
Or haven't you met any idiots with above average IQ's?
My mother homeschooled me through 8th grade, but at that point she felt overwhelmed with the content, because I was learning things in 8th grade that she didn't learn in high school (in 1947). So my parents put me in private Christian school. I respect her ability to self-assess and determine where her ability to teach me ended. However, there are so many more resources available to homeschoolers today, I'm not sure that would be necessary across the board.
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